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Discover how UK SMEs can succeed in global markets by overcoming geographic and market barriers, accessing the global market, and navigating competitive, political, economic, and regulatory challenges.
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THE SME PERSPECTIVE Tom Abram
Questions • How can UK SME’s succeed: • In the UK vs global competition? • Geographic and market barriers • In a global market vs global competition? • Accessing the global market • What is the effect of: • Competitive strategy? • Political, Economic and Regulatory issues?
Weaknesses and Strengths • Weaknesses • Limited time / investment for business development • Visibility in the market • Perceived as higher risk than bigger suppliers • Understanding of regulatory opportunities and threats • Strengths • Quality • Excellence • Innovation • Customer focus • Strong core values in small teams
How to succeed • DO exploit strengths: • Focus • Differentiation • Innovation • Agility • DON’T compete in commodity markets • If these business fundamentals are right you can use ICT for market reach • This is just the same as for big companies: • If you are an SME you have to be better at it ……but BEING an SME can actually help achieve that
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